Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Germany
Nigeria
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
gute Nacht
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
guten Abend
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
e kaasan
Good Morning
guten Morgen
e kaaro
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Ede
Where They Speak
Germany
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Texas German
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Texas
Nigeria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
allemand
yoruba
German Name
Deutsch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Yoruba people
Origin
6th Century AD
4 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Signed German
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
yoru1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All German and Yoruba Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of German and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Yoruba Speaking population
German and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of German and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Yoruba on German vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Yoruba Language Codes
German and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.